隆隆

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Chinese

grand; intense; prosperous
grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
 
grand; intense; prosperous
grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
 
simp. and trad.
(隆隆)
alternative forms 靇靇

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ljuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/liuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/liuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luwŋ/
Li
Rong
/liuŋ/
Wang
Li
/lĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lung4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*uŋ/
English sound of thunder

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6286
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·ruːŋ/

Adjective

隆隆

  1. (onomatopoeia, of thunder, machines, guns, etc.) rumbling

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
りゅう
Grade: S
りゅう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
隆隆 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 隆隆 – see the following entry.
隆々りゅうりゅう
prosperous
brawny, muscular
(This term, 隆隆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)